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angharad76

No Surprises Here

Nov 03, 2008 02:22

Which American accent do you have?
Northern
You have a Northern accent. That could either be the Chicago/Detroit/Cleveland/Buffalo accent (easily recognizable) or the Western New England accent that news networks go for.

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doomsey November 3 2008, 15:39:07 UTC

interesting. it called me neutral.

angharad76 November 4 2008, 03:41:57 UTC

It seems like everyone is coming out either Northern or Neutral. I wonder what questions made the difference.

I'm "Neutral." wwolfe November 5 2008, 21:43:21 UTC

Which presumably means I'm from Switzerland.

My hunch is that the "roof" moved me from "Midwest" to "Neutral." I pronounce it the way way Rudy Lewis sings it in "Up On the Roof." If I weren't such a lover of that record, I might pronounce it so it rhymed with "woof."

Re: I'm "Neutral." angharad76 November 5 2008, 22:57:05 UTC

I naturally pronounce "roof" like Rudy Lewis does. It has nothing to do with the fact that the Drifters are my favorite vocal group.

I'm thinking maybe you're neutral because you moved around so much--the Ohio/California blend.

Maybe I'm Northern because I'm Swedish (we sound like we're neutral, but we're secretly not).